I like Chinese food but I'm very picky when ordering. Chinese are very dirty people, if a restaurant doesn't keep their bathrooms clean chances are I'm not eating there.

My favorite would have to be Mexican and/or Italian food. This probably has more to due with my ethnicity. Yes, I'm a mutt.

The racism aside. You are missing out. In general the dirtier place the better. Another clue that the Chinese place you're going to is good or not is the ratio of Asians to Caucasians. IE the more Asians there the better.

Italian for me. I could eat veal or chicken parm every day. Also pretty hard to beat just good ol spaghetti and meatballs, or some baked ziti with breadsticks. It's not the most diverse kind of food out there, but I'm ok with that. Mexican food a close second, although like Drunk Monkey stated above, there aren't that many great Mexican restaurants In Texas. (Uncle Julio's in Forth Worth is an exception, IMO) So if anyone has some suggestions for Mexican food in Texas, let me know. Ate Greek food for the first time ever over the past weekend. No sir, never again.

It's interesting to see what Americans view as American food vs. what other countries view as 'American' food. For instance all the brits I know and work with almost always think of 'Mexican' food as quintessential Americana.